The German Malting Barley Association published the first crop report for sping barley 2026. Based on seed sales and early estimates by Germany’s state malting barley associations, the Braugersten-Gemeinschaft (German Malting Barley Association) estimates that this year’s spring barley acreage is roughly 320,000 hectares, of which some 307,000 hectares were planted specifically with malting-quality barley....

A total of 158 brewers, mostly from Europe, registered for this year’s challenge and took on the task of brewing a dark wheat beer. During this intensive week, numerous individual interpretations of the beer style emerged—characterized by different styles, approaches, and ideas. This year, BESTMALZ looked over the shoulders of Uwe Kleinhans and Markus Lanninger...

BESTMALZ is part of a special collaborative project within the international craft beer scene: For the Craft Brewers Conference® (CBC®) 2026 in Philadelphia, the official “Commemorative Beer” was brewed using BEST Heidelberg Malz. Under the motto “Of the Brewers. By the Brewers. For the Brewers.”, a unique beer is created each year for the CBC...

BESTMALZ is AEB Brewings' exclusive distribution partner. Starting now, BESTMALZ is offering an attractive discount on high-quality yeasts from AEB Brewing.

The international brewing community is invited to register now for the BestBrewChallenge 2026. Organized by Palatia Malz GmbH, this annual event is considered the world’s largest simultaneous community brewing event and is aimed at hobby brewers and breweries of all sizes around the globe.From April 20 to 26 a beer of a specified style will...

Following nationwide malting and brewing trials on a practical scale as part of the Berlin program, the variety committee of the Braugersten-Gemeinschaft e.V. (Malting Barley Association) has issued processing recommendations for the varieties “Excalibur” (Saatzucht Ackermann) and “LG Baryton” (Limagrain). For BESTMALZ malts, this means the following: “The ‘Excalibur’ variety is believed to have great...